Ilorin landlord battles military officer to recover apartment

By Mujidat Oyewole

A Militia officer, Joshua Olorunfemi, has refused to vacate his rented condominium, claiming that his rent is but to expire.

Olorunfemi suggested an Ilorin Space Court docket sitting at Igboro Centre on Thursday, that his annual rent turn out to be N152,000 against N165,000 as claimed by the owner’s authorized professional.

He insisted that his receipt of price read February but his rent had now not expired.

He explained that there turn out to be an oral settlement between him and the owner which made him pay half of of the rent of N70,000.

The tenant additional mentioned that share of their settlement turn out to be for the owner to restore the sitting room ceiling, but he refused and made him endure, because the leaking roof nearly harmful his property.

“When I complained to the Lawyer responsible, he despatched N15,000 to me, to restore the dwelling but I mounted the sitting room and diversified parts of the condominium with N115,900,” Olorunfemi explained.

Mr Olanrewaju Babalola, a Litigation Secretary managing the property, had earlier suggested the court docket that the tenant defaulted two months rent and the owner wanted repossession of his property for interior most exercise.

Babalola mentioned that the tenant had been served eviction look, but refused to vacate the condominium and tendered the documents to the court docket as evidence.

The presiding Acquire, AbdulQadir Ibrahim favorite the documents as displays P1 and P2.

He ordered the tenant to fabricate all his evidence of price and present proof that his rent has now not expired.

The case turn out to be adjourned to May perhaps presumably 30, for proof of price and all diversified evidence to the case. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)